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Balibo is a film about the Balibo Five, five Australian journalists killed by Indonesian forces in East Timor in 1975. The film follows the investigation of Roger East, a journalist who witnessed the events and was also executed by the Indonesians.
Balibo is a town near the Indonesian border that was the site of the killing of five Australian journalists by Indonesian forces in 1975. It also has a 400-year-old fort, a memorial to the Balibo Five, and a creche and library funded by Victoria, Australia.
The Balibo Five was a group of journalists for Australian commercial television networks who were murdered in the period leading up to the Indonesian invasion of East Timor.
Balibo is a 2009 political thriller based on the true story of the Balibo Five, five Australian journalists killed by Indonesian forces in 1975. The film follows the investigation of war correspondent Roger East and the young Jose Ramos-Horta, who later became the president of East Timor.
- (2.9K)
- Biography, Drama, History
- Robert Connolly
- 2009-08-13
As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of East Timor, five Australian based journalists go missing.
- 2 min
- 118.6K
- FootprintFilmsOz
The Balibo Five and Roger East In October 1975, five Australian-based journalists, Greg Shackleton, Gary Cunningham, Tony Stewart, Malcolm Rennie and Brian Peters were sent by TV Channels 7 and 9 to East Timor to investigate hit-run attacks along the border with Indonesian-controlled West Timor.
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One Man Searches For The Truth. One Man Fights For Justice.As Indonesia prepares to invade the tiny nation of...
- 2 min
- 61.5K
- Madman Films
